How to play Blackbird

The Beatles

This tab has 38 notes, across the low E, A, G and B strings, open strings up to fret 12, at 92 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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92BPM at full speed
38notes
0 to 12fret range
Intermediatelevel

The tab

Each line is a string: high e on top, low E at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes.

Blackbird tab, 38 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. G2 low E string, fret 3
  2. G3 open G string
  3. A2 open A string
  4. G3 open G string
  5. B2 A string, fret 2
  6. G3 open G string
  7. G3 A string, fret 10
  8. G3 open G string
  9. B4 B string, fret 12
  10. G3 A string, fret 10
  11. B4 B string, fret 12
  12. G3 open G string
  13. G3 A string, fret 10
  14. G3 open G string
  15. B4 B string, fret 12
  16. G3 A string, fret 10
  17. B4 B string, fret 12
  18. G3 open G string
  19. C3 A string, fret 3
  20. G3 open G string
  21. C#3 A string, fret 4
  22. G3 open G string
  23. D3 A string, fret 5
  24. G3 open G string
  25. D#3 A string, fret 6
  26. G3 open G string
  27. E3 A string, fret 7
  28. G3 open G string
  29. G4 B string, fret 8
  30. E3 A string, fret 7
  31. G4 B string, fret 8
  32. G3 open G string
  33. D#3 A string, fret 6
  34. G3 open G string
  35. G4 B string, fret 8
  36. D#3 A string, fret 6
  37. G4 B string, fret 8
  38. G3 open G string
Plain text tab
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------12------12------------|
G|----0-----0-----0------0--------------0------0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------0-----2-----10---------10---------10-----|
E|-3----------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-12------12-----------------------------------|
G|-------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-----10---------3-----4-----5-----6-----7-----|
E|----------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|-8-----8-----------8-----8-----|
G|----------0-----0-----------0--|
D|-------------------------------|
A|----7--------6--------6--------|
E|-------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: G3, open G string, 15 times.

Strings
Low E, A, G and Bfour strings
Frets
0 to 120 is an open string
Lowest note
G2low E string, fret 3
Highest note
B4B string, fret 12
Open strings
16of 38 notes
Tempo
92 BPM46 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (46 BPM), 0.75x (69 BPM) or 1x (92 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 6 to 9, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 0, 10, 0, 12 across the A, G and B strings).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

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